From: jason@MERCURY.CS.UREGINA.CA (Jason Breti)
Subject: APPS: VR Systems using Intelligence in other Parts of the Body
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 04:26:55 GMT
Organization: University of Regina



I'm posting this question for a friend...

At UNC (University of Northern Carolina) the molecular docking
apparatus developed by Fredrick Brooks allows a non-chemist to form
new medicines by using his or her "proprioception"... which is the
brain's way of knowing where one limb is in relation to another.  In
other words, the VR apparatus lets you solve a complex problem of
physical chemistry by applying the 'intelligence' required when you
move your arms, twist your wrists, push and pull against resistant
forces, and so on.

Are there other areas of VR research that allow people to use
non-traditional aspects of our intelligence?